Guided lesson A1 8 activities
The negative form: немам, немаш, нема…
Ten minutes on the fused negative - немати is its own verb, built on the stem нема-, never не + имати written apart - and the genitive the neutral standard puts after it, as in немамо времена (everyday speech often keeps the plain form instead). Conjugate немати through its full present tense, build three sentences that fuse the negative correctly, and hear the grammar lesson's own „Немамо времена.“ said aloud.
The rule
Glagol „imati“ - prezent
The part of the grammar page this lesson drills — read it here, then use it.
Negative present - немати
The negative counterpart is немати: немам, немаш, нема…. Its forms are written as one word, like нисам.
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | nemam | nemamo |
| 2. | nemaš | nemate |
| 3. | nema | nemaju |